USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Red Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Hole-in-the-Rock Road
Sand, slickrock, and pioneer ghosts.
Surface: Rock
Texas
DifficultLonesome Highway — Trans-Pecos Desert Floor to Presidio via Pinto Canyon Road
Fifty miles of volcanic solitude in the Trans-Pecos.
USA
DifficultCathedral Valley Road — Capitol Reef’s Remote North District via Hartnet Junction
Desert monoliths and river fords in Capitol Reef's wild north.
California
ModerateBunny Flat to Sand Flat — Mount Shasta Volcanic Backcountry via Everitt Memorial Highway
Volcanic pumice and 14k views above Shasta.
Montana
DifficultSheldon Lake Road to Beach Creek Lookout — Hells Canyon Wilderness Edge via Imnaha Rim
Tundra, shale, and sky above 10,000 feet.
Colorado
DifficultPawnee Pass Road — Roosevelt National Forest High Plains to Indian Peaks Wilderness Edge via Left Hand Canyon
Indian Peaks from the dirt side, no crowds.
California
ExtremeRubicon Trail — Georgetown to Tahoe City via the Sierra Nevada Granite Spine
The trail that built the 4x4 hobby.
Nevada
DifficultElkhorn Ridge Road to Crystal Peak — Toquima Range Desert Spine via Monitor Valley (Nevada)
Nevada's forgotten range, earned mile by mile.
Arkansas
ModerateForest Road 68 — Ouachita National Forest Talimena Backcountry to Wilhelmina Summit via Black Fork Mountain
Red clay ridge-running in the Ouachita high country.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat to Bishop Pass Backdoor — White Mountain High Desert Approach via Coyote Ridge
Sierra's volcanic backdoor above 10,000 feet.